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Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Germany: Patenting of Biotechnological Inventions utilising Biological Material of Human Origin.

The German

National Committee on Ethics ("Ethikrat") has published an

expert opinion on the patenting of biotechnological inventions utilising biological material of human origin ("Zur Patentierung biotechnologischer Erfindungen unter Verwendung biologischen Materials menschlichen Ursprungs", in German only, sorry). A majority of experts on the panel of the Ethikrat has voted in favour of the steps currently undertaken by the German Government to cast EU Directive 98/44/EG into national German law. A minority of experts wanted to restrict patenting further.

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Handakte WebLAWg]

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